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Hirofumi Takinami

  1. Japan lets Taiwanese list 'Taiwan' instead of 'China' on national professional licences from October

    Japan's Taiwan-friendly lawmakers' league announced at a task force meeting in Tokyo on Oct 19 that since Oct 1 Taiwanese holders of Japanese national qualifications can apply to change their nationality listing from China to Taiwan, with the field renamed 'nationality, etc.' or 'nationality/region'. Japan has 322 national qualifications, about 100 of which include a nationality field. League head Keiji Furuya said about 70,000 Taiwanese in Japan have identity documents registered as China, and Japan already allows Taiwan on household registers; task force head Hirofumi Takinami said existing licence holders can apply to the relevant authority, such as local public health centres for medical licences, and asked that no deadline be set.

    Oct 20, 2026 Morning